The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-27
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CONTRACTS COME HIGH.
& MEAT DEALERS EXPERIENCES
WITH TIE CROOKS.

Ton Thousand Dollars Paid For tha
Privilege of Supplying the County
Institutions in 1884 and 1S95-Mc-
Garigle Believed to Have Gone to
Manitoba via Milwaukee.
CHICAGO, July 26.-SheriR Matson has
caused circular to be printed offering on
his own account reward of g., 500 for the
capture of McGarigle The circular will be
sent to all the principal cities in the United
States. An intimate friend of McGarigle's.
named Chapman, tells story of meeting
McGarigle in Milwaukee Sunday morning.
Chapman did not then know of McGarigleG
escape Notwithstanding this he was ahous
to greet McCtarigle when the latter
gave him the cut direct and disappeared in
the crowd. The impression has grown to q
conviction that when Chapman saw him
McGarigle was about TO take train for the
Northwest and that he is now safe in Mani
toba. McGarigle's father, two brothers and
brother-in-aw live in Milwaukee, and it ID
perfectly natural that he should have gone
there, as he could take a train for Milwsu-
kee almost Immediately after his escape
from the Sheriff.
COSTLY CONTRACTS.
The usual crowd was present in judge
Jameson's court this morning when the pro-
ceedings in the Doodle trial were resumed.
One of the witnesses to-day was f. w. Bip+
per, meat contractor who was generally
supposed to have very sensational testimony
TO disclose. Bipper testified that ne had
been supplying Cook county institutions
with meat since 1880. The second year lie
was oblighed to pay the Commissioners
81, 900 for contract. The next year he
paid the Chairman of the board $500 for
voting for his contract.
''Now, for the year of 1888, what did Il
cost youH' asked Gen. Stiles
"Six thousand dollars"
"Did you pay Wassaman any of itf
az did"
, "pid you pay P. McCArsAyr
81 did"
"How muchF
zone thousand dollars"
"Why was thatP
"Weil, paid him nothing the year be
fore and he said he would not vote for me
unless made it up next year"
"a LITTLE SOMETHING"
IVAN Pelt get anyW
"a little something"
"How muchW
"Thirteen hundred dollars"
Glow did you come topay him more than
the others!p
"He said he was working harder for me,
He was a champion. He said he was offered
81, 900 from another man"
GLOW about Lynn"
81 paid him $780,
How did you pay this money!
"Oh, l slipped 1t into their pockets some
times
"They used to wear sack coats, didn't
theyF
Il don't know about that"
In 18SI-S5 the contracts cost Bipper
$4,000
ACTING AS AGENT.
Bipper further testified that during 1888
he acted as agent for the commissioners to
collect assessment from sub-contractors who
supplied milk aud bread. The money OBJ
tained from this source was dsbu sed as
follows: To Niesen $500, Mcdonald s435,
I4eyden (''for the hoys'D $1l 200, Klehm $500,
McClaughery $500. Bipper said a grocery
firm, for whom he secured a contract, paid
him 10 per cent. of all the sales to the
county.
SHAM REFoRMER.
After Bipper, came Commissioner McDon
aid and Il. Robinson, a wholesale grocer,
each of whom had turned States evidence.
Mcdonald has always posed Us a reform"
member of the county board, but had not
taken the oath of Office six days when he
commenced receiving money for his vote.l
The evidence of Mcdonald directly involved
Commissioners Wren, Cassellman, Vanpelt,,
Ochs and Mccarthy in similar practices.
Grocer Robinson gave a complete list of
the enormous sums he had paid in bribes
from month to month for years. Until 1895
he gave regularly 10 per cent. on all sales.
Then the rate was increased TO IL per cent
until the county became unable to cash any
more warrants. The State has still in re-
serve over 100 witnesses, many of whom
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